Page 17 (1/2)

Chapter One

June 12, 2014

Felix — one of ainst ht?”

Teeth clenching, I glanced across the roo ravated frustration she wasn’t even trying to hide Already having to deal with her, I did not need — nor want — Felix’s added worried attention

Because no, I wasn’t all right

I had been in labor for the last five hours

My abdo painfully as if sadistic blades were stabbingloop — as if the ony than I was nor turkey roasting in an oven, and feelingto have this baby soon

But I was needed here, in the headquarters

Since Bindi had ordered inally told her to go to hell when she had first attenant But I had given in andinto actual conant — that was three o

Although, even noasn’t surrendering completely

Not just yet anyway

I breathed in through h ht-headed and want to double over in brutal agony Struggling to push past the heinous ache, Iinto ht and stared at the infra-red ies on four different screens All les of the Com Royal Australian Air Force base in Brisbane, Australia that ere currently infiltrating Under my direct lead, my camp had worked its way up froo when Mystical/Coun

This ainst the Com RAAF was imperative to our next push northward